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- Helen the mom has just given birth and names her daughter Lilian in hopes of her daughter having a good life
- Note: in this world, names influence ur future
- Lilian grows up not dirt poor but not comfortable either
• She’s getting pretty folks
• She’s great at sewing and works at a dress shop
• Note: this world has magic
• Lilian’s magic is used mostly in her sewing
• Meanwhile for the last 17 years (Lilian is 15, Helen started saving for her future daughters when she got engaged), Helen’s been saving money for her 3 daughters workings as a “prostitute” (not rlly seggs, more like,,,,s/o pretend hours but seggs is also on the table)
• Helen is Not Vibing but she’s doing her best folks
• Her 1st husband left bc he fell out of love a few years after the 3rd daughter was born n took all the money
• N e ways she’s kinda bitter bc her name is p common so she doesn’t have much of a chance to be special
• So she gives special names to her daughters so they’ll be special
• And saves up for a dowry for them when they get married
• Helen best mom
• She’s workin hard
• And catches the eye of a rich patron who dotes on her bc he feels like he’s in love with her (or he acts like it lmfao what a poser)
• N e ways
• Helen is doing her Very Best to milk this dude for all he’s worth in order to provide for her daughters and then the dude tries to buy her
• Spoiler alert she says no
• Bc she gets more working than she would would being married to this guy
• But this rich mystery dude is Persistent
• He ain’t leaving her alone
• Ps Helen is in her late 30s early 40s and not super pretty but not average she’s also hella cultured and seems p gentle n loving and she’s also smart but she’s really a schemer and Smort Lady™ so she gets that cha-ching for the dowries
• But he asks again and she says yes
• Turn out her fiancé is royalty (in name only)
• Who knew
• Not Helen
• So they get married in secret “for her protection bc he important”
• N seem happy for a few years
• Helen gives birth to a boy
• he has a special name bc the dude wanted the baby to either succeed him as heir n shit or die a tragic death either way the special name fits
• Shortly after, Helen is dumped for a younger, richer, more beautiful foreign princess
• And Helen doesn’t even get to keep the baby
• The baby is the dude’s insurance in case his new wife is barren
• The new wife ain’t barren
• So 8 years later when the new wife has a son the kid is killed
• Time skip 12 years (Helen ruins the dude’s life subtly its hilarious n so fuckin petty)
• the ex dies
• Surprise
• The killer is ur son (m18) who’s name starts with an “i” who Helen thought was dead but was smuggled out by one of his sisters (helen’s daughters who her kept out of sight from the scumbag ex) who worked for the family
• And then the son kills the entire royal family
• Revolution babyyyyyyy
• so helen joins the revolution along with ur 3 daughters
• she is caught n curses the nobility with all her magic n then is executed
• 4 years (the son is 22) later when the revolution is over n the son won n becomes the new king/emperor n helen’s daughters who r hella skilled in various ways become important
• Lilian creates the cool magic embroidery for the royal family
• Elena is the new arch duchess n protector of the king’s line bc her combat skills r 100
note: damn i gotta change the name now
• Charlotte marries a neighboring country’s crown heir bc shes the youngest sister of the new king n u gotta get those ties to the new regime somehow amirite n also bc she’s pretty like the rest of her sisters and also the smartest 😔✊ youngest daughter big brain hours
• helen is posthumously elevated to goddess of victory justice n freedom
• her title is Helena Goddess of victory justice & freedom who has a reputation for having a soft spot for women in not good situations n lives
• It’s all v cool
• N bc she’s been made a goddess she can see n hear everything that happens near or on her temple & shrine grounds
• Which r fucking everywhere
• Bc u’ve been declared the patron goddess of the country
• What a shit show lmfao
• So the new royal family is descended from the patron goddess of their country which is p pog n every now n then helen(a) blesses a particularly worthy crown heir to keep the family bloodline strong
• Story ends 10 years after the son dies at like,,,83 (he rules for like 50 ish years n abdicates in favor of his son who is at that point like, 40 ish.) n after helen(a) blesses the new crown heir, her granddaughter